Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Secrest, Meryle, author. Title: Elsa Schiaparelli : a biography / Meryle Secrest. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Description: xx, 377 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Summary: "The first biography of the grand couturier, surrealist, and embattled figure (her medium was apparel), whose extraordinary work has stood the test of time"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973. Fashion designers -- Italy -- Biography. Women fashion designers -- Italy -- Biography. Surrealism and design. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index. Contents: The orphan -- The Piccadilly faker -- Themes of love and death -- Murder and mayhem -- Coq feathers -- Comet -- The boutique fantasque -- Shock in pink -- Scandalous schiap -- The "collabo" -- Wearing two hats -- Picking up the arrow -- A bird in the cage. Web Site: Cover image LCCN: 2014025820 ISBN: 9780307701596 (hardback) 030770159X (hardback) 9780307701596 : HRD 030770159X : HRD * 9780385353274 (ebook) Other Number: 882553687 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 443863 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO Schiapar Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
